Human capital, inter-firm mobility and organizational evolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pennings, Johannes M.
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Wezel, Filippo Carlo, 1973-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2007]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical and empirical foundations
  • The role of individual conduct in macro-organizational theory
  • Partnership as a major type of organization form
  • The intangible asset of human-intensive organizations
  • Social capital of organizations : conceptualization, level of analysis and performance implications
  • Human capital, social capital and firm dissolution
  • Mimicry and the market : adoption of a new organizational form
  • Mergers and acquisitions : strategic and organizational fit
  • The role of individual mobility for organizational behavior and performance
  • Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in founding patterns
  • Heterogeneity shifts due to member mobility : new insights on demographic diversity and organizational survival
  • Competitive consequences of routine spillovers due to interfirm mobility
  • In conclusion : micro behaviors as inducements for firm and sector evolution
  • References
  • Index.